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INSOLE FOB BOOTS AND SHOES. No. 284,092. Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

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RICHARD TRESTED, OF GREENVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

'INSOLE. FOR BOOTS ANDSHCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,092, dated August 28:, 1883.

Application filed July 5, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. Tnnsrrnn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Soles for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of insoles for boots and shoes which are provided with a napped surface; and the object of my invention is to improve the construction and dura bility of such insoles, to lessen the cost of production, and to render them stiff and waterproof.

To these ends my invention consists in an in sole composed of two thicknesses of cantonfiannel, or similar textile material made with a napped surface, the nap being outside, and an intermediate thickness of buckram coated with shellac, and cemented to the plain surfaces of the napped fabric.

In the drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 represents a plan or face view, and Fig. 2 a transverse sectional view, of the same.

In carrying out my invention I take a napped fabricsuch as canton-flannel-and cut therefrom two pieces or thicknesses, a Z), in

the required form for a sole. Ithen cut from a piece of buckram a thickness, 0, corresponding in form to the napped pieces, and such buckram I coat with shellac or its equivalent,

and then cement the plain surfaces of the napped pieces upon opposite sides of the buckram, so that the nap will be outside or exposed. The three layers are united, preferably, by heat and pressure, and the shellac or its equivalent stiifens the entire insole and renders it water-proof. Instead of coating the buckram with shellac, and thus cementing the pieces or thicknesses together, I may use an equivalent material, such as rubber cement.

By my invention I provide a simple, efficient, and durable insole with a nap on each side, and which is somewhat elastic to the foot, is water-proof, and can be worn for considerable time without losing its softness.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- An insole for boots and shoes, consisting of two pieces of canton-flannel or similar napped fabric, with the napon the outside, and an intermediate piece of buckram coated with shellac or its equivalent and cemented to the plain sides of the napped fabric, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD H. TRESTED. [L. s.]

WVitnesses:

WV. HAUFF, E. F. KAsTENI-IUBER. 

